Trap



Patented July 8, i924.

lHtrlvinnar PIERINI, `or GR-EENvrLLn, ivrrssrssrrrr.

TRAP.'

Application led October 29, 1920. Serial No. 420,426.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUMBERT PIERINI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Greenville, in the county of lVashington and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Traps, of which t-he following is a specilication.

My invention is an improvement in traps, and has for its object to provide a trap especially adapted for use in catching mice, rats and the lilre,iwherein a frame is provided having means for permitting it to `be connected to a table top, board or the like, the frame support-ing a plate which normally stands in the plane `ot the frame, but is so arranged that under a slightl excess of weight at one end, it will tilt, the plate being adapted to be arranged above a container tor` water or the like into which the rodent is adapted to be dumped by the tilting of the plate, the frame having means for supporting bait at that end where the plate moves downward when it tilts, the attaching means being at the-opposite end.

In the drawings: A

Figure l isa perspective view of the improved trap in use, and i Figure 2 is a vertical section at the clamp.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures l and 2, a substantially rectangular frame l is provided, which in the present instance, is composed of wire bent to form side members and end members, the ends of the wire being at the center ot one of the end members, and being spaced apart from each other, while at the center of the other end member there is formed a coil, loop or eye 2 which provides a bait support.

A clamp is connected with the spaced apart ends of the frame, the said clamp consisting of a substantially U-shaped member 3 composed ot a body and arms which are adapted to extend upon opposite side-s of a plate or table top 4, and a set screw 5 is threaded through the lower arm to engage the underface of the table or plate.

The ends of the wire indicated at 6 are secured to the upper and lower arms of the clamp 3 lapping thereon, and being secured in any manner desired, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. A plate 7 is arranged within the frame, the side members at approximately their centers having bent in and flattened portions 8 which are perforated to form bearings for journal pins 9 in the plate.

These journal pins 9 are nearer the. coil than they are to the clamp, so that the plate will normally tip downward at the end adjacent to the clamp. A stop however indicated at l() is provided for pre-venting such tipping movement of the plate, and it will be understood that the plate is so balanced that a very slight excess .weight on the opposite side of the journal pin 9 from the clamp will cause the plate to tilt downward at the end adjacent to the coil.

This stop 10 is formed by a piece of wire which is bent at its center to cause the ends to extend at approximately a right angle with respect to each other. The ends of the wire may then be bent around the ends 6 of the frame wire, and downwardly within the clamp 3, that is, between the arms and lbody of the clamp, the said ends lying against the body as shown in Figure 2.

A stop is also provided for engagement by that end of the plate adj accnt to the coil, to limit the upward movement thereof, that is, to assist the stop 10 in supporting the plate in proper position. IThis stop 1l is a wire which has one end bent around the side member of the frame, the other end overlying the plate. The improved trap is adapted to be arranged above a receptacle 12 for water.

In operation, a suitable bait, as for instance, a piece of cheese, is laid on the coil with the trap in the position of Figure l. When a mouse or rat smells the cheese he will pass over the end ot the frame onto thel plate, which will support his weight.

`When however, the animal passes beyond the pivot pins 9, the plate will tilt, dumping the animal into the water.

I claim:

1. A device of the character specified, com prising a substantially rectangular trame having means at one end for clamping the frame to a table top or the like with the frame extending horizontally, and having vol at the other end an extension for supporting Y bait, a plate pivoted within the traine intermediate the ends of the plate, and mounted to normally tilt downward at the end adjacent to the clamp, said plate being adapted to tilt in the opposite direction under a slight excess of weight at the end adjacent preventing downward movement of the first named end of the plate, said `frame being formed from a single length of wire, bent to shape having at vone end an integral-coil or loop for supporting the bait and having the wire at the other end of the frame bent inwardly in opposite directions.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a substantiallyV rectangular wire frame having means at one end for lclamping the trame to a table top or the like with the 'frame extending horizontally, and having at the other end an extension coil 0r loop for supporting bait, a plate pivoted within the frame intermediate the ends of the plate, and mounted to normally tilt downward at the end adjacent to the clamp, said plate being adapted to tilt in the opposite direction under a slight excess vof weight at the end adjacent to the coil or loop', and means for normally preventing downward movement of the lirst named end of the plate, said frame being composed of a single length of wire bent to shape and having a central supporting member for engaging above and below a support at the end remote from the coil, said supporting member carrying a set screw and said wire ends engaging said sup-V porting member, Jfor the purpose specified.

3. A device of the character specified,

` comprising a substantiallyl rectangular wire frame having a central engaging means at one end for securing the frame to the iiXed support, and lia-ving a coil at the other for supporting bait, a plate pivoted within the frame intermediate the ends thereof, and mounted to tilt, and a loop-shaped stop at theifirst named end adjacent said engaging means ofthe frame for preventing downward tilting of that end of the plate.

4. A device of the character specified comprising a substantially rectangular me-Y the frame intermediate the ends of the plate, Y

and mounted to normally tilt downward. at the end adjacentv to the clamp, said` plate being adapted to tilt in the Vopposite direction under a slight excess of weight at the end adjacent to the bait holder, and means for normally preventing downward movement of the first named end of the plate, said frame being formed from wire bent to shape having at one end an integral coilor loop for supporting the bait and having the ends of the wire at the other end of the frame, said ends being secured to the clamp.

5. A trap of the class described comprising a section of wire bent intermediately to for-m a coil at one end, and a rectangular frame, the exteremities being bent inwardly and spaced apart, a U-shaped clamp connected to said spaced apart'extremities and ada ted to enffaffe above and below a su port, a clamping member engaged through the bottom portion of thevclai'np, a plate pivoted at its edges to the sides oi" the frame and movable therein, said pivots' being located nearer the coil than the clamp, and a stop member carried by said spaced eXtrem-V ities to support the adjacent end4 ofthe plate.

` HUMBERT PIERINI. 

